Programs by Location

South Africa

3 Jan 2010

On the night of 19 September 1909 the British parliament passed the constitution for South Africa, and effectively legitimated the country's trajectory towards a system of race-based laws which would reach their apotheosis within 20 years in the regime known as apartheid. This documentary examines how Apartheid South Africa came into being, the central figure of Boer General Jan Smuts in this history, and its impact on the life and philosophy of Mohandas [later known as Mahatma] Gandhi.

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2 Aug 2009

On the night of 19 September 1909 the British parliament passed the constitution for South Africa, and effectively legitimated the country's trajectory towards a system of race-based laws which would reach their apotheosis within 20 years in the regime known as apartheid. This documentary examines how Apartheid South Africa came into being, the central figure of Boer General Jan Smuts in this history, and its impact on the life and philosophy of Mohandas [later known as Mahatma] Gandhi.